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986366

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Dementia: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with dementia have access to clinical support within a reasonable travelling distance from their home.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of PSA tests for suspected prostate cancer in primary care is not routinely collected.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">The Government is committed to delivering the Challenge on Dementia 2020 to make England the world-leader in dementia care and support, research and awareness by 2020. The joint declaration on post-diagnostic dementia care and support is an unequivocal joint commitment between the Government, health, social care, and the third sector to improve care and support for people with dementia.</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><ins class="ministerial">Local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are responsible for services and support for people with dementia. The Government and NHS England would expect CCGs to commission services that take into account relevant guidance, including National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, and the Dementia Care Pathway, which sets out benchmarks to improve the delivery and quality of care and support.</ins></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2018 16:27:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/10/2018 14:59:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 78886 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

985763

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Speech and Language Disorders: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2018 to Question 153418 on Young Offenders: Speech and Language Disorders, what discussions his Department has held with (a) I CAN and (b) the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on the Bercow: Ten Years On report, published on 20 March 2018; and what further discussions his Department has planned to hold.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	178218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Departmental officials have met with I CAN and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in August to discuss the ‘Bercow: Ten Years On’ report and I will meet them again in the future.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2018 13:41:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

984720

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the costs of social loneliness and isolation in elderly people to the economy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	177589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss a range of policy issues.</p><p> </p><p>Loneliness is an issue that affects many in our society and tackling loneliness can help to address social isolation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care fully supports a Government-wide approach to tackling loneliness led by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Loneliness Strategy was published on 15 October 2018 and will be its first step in tackling the long-term challenge of loneliness. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:59 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

984731

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sepsis: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of sepsis-related deaths in hospital of lifting the restriction on nurses carrying iodine.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	177789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of these issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 177790 question first answered 15/10/2018 14:27:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

984732

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Sepsis: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring pharmacists to keep a fixed stock of iodine to help reduce the number of sepsis-related deaths in hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	177790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of these issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 177789 question first answered 15/10/2018 14:27:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

984790

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Fibromyalgia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure the maintenance of funding for research into the field of fibromyalgia syndrome and its symptoms.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	177774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including fibromyalgia; it is not usual practice to ring-fence funds for particular topics or conditions. Applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. NIHR support for fibromyalgia research over the last five years includes £1.8 million funding for research projects; £0.6 million funding for clinical trials through the NIHR Clinical Research Network; and the NIHR has managed infrastructure supporting fibromyalgia research.</p><p> </p><p>Information on individual projects funded by the NIHR can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/" target="_blank">https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/10/2018 14:29:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

984364

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Palliative Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include end of life care in the NHS Long Term Plan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	177163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>Delivering improvements to end of care is a key priority for this Government and end of life care is an important part of the proposals which are helping to shape the long-term plan for National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is now considering the many responses and submissions it has received, including those from end of life care charities, as part of the listening exercise it held to help develop and refine policy proposals for inclusion in the plan. NHS England will continue working with key stakeholders to test the plan before its publication in November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 176700 question first answered 16/10/2018 11:08:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

982499

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018 on Spring Statement, HCWS540, how much of that funding he has allocated to (a) programmes, (b) administration and (c) staffing in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for European Union exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>- £412 million of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>- £286 million of additional funding for 2017-18. A full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>- Over £1.5 billion of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">HCWS540</a>, laid on 13 March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Department was allocated £21.1 million for costs arising as the United Kingdom leave the EU in the Spring Statement 2018. The final breakdown between programme and administration (including staffing) spend will be confirmed in the Supplementary Estimates.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 14:57:14 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982598

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Usher Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to fund research into usher syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	176080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports research into common and rare diseases through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Four major research studies into Usher syndrome are taking place at the NIHR Great Ormond Street Biomedical Research Centre and the NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre investigating the molecular basis of the disease and advanced therapies for Usher syndrome.</p><p> </p><p>Rare diseases patients also benefit from the pioneering research under the 100,000 Genomes Project. As of October 2018, over 3,000 researchers in 387 United Kingdom and international institutions were part of Genomics England’s Clinical Interpretation Partnership, which have been set up improve understanding of genomic medicine and its application to healthcare; improve understanding of diseases; and lead the way to developing new diagnostics and treatments.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2018 11:04:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

982713

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Physiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of cardiac physiologists worked in the NHS in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	176439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of qualified staff in cardiac physiology in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England as at 30 September 2014 - 2017 and latest data as at 30 June 2018, full time equivalent:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Cardiac Physiology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>June 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>752</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>1,046</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p><p><em> </em></p><p>In 2013 as part of the Modernising Scientific Careers programme, the Occupation Codes for Healthcare Scientists were updated. Because of that change data on cardiac physiology is not available in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to give the proportion of cardiac physiologists working in the NHS because accurate data on these workers outside of the NHS is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/10/2018 11:07:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith